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Makroregion południowo-zachodni; Dolnośląskie; Miasto Wrocław
Location of affected unit(s)
Wrocław
Sector
Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances 27.51 - Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
805 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
27 January 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
On 27 January 2015, producer of electric domestic appliances, FagorMastercook, implemented a collective dismissal programme affecting 805 jobs at its Wrocław unit. Redundant workers will receive severance pay.
The factory in Wrocław was founded in 1946 and was state-owned until it was acquired by Fagor in 2002.
As ERM previously reported in 2014, the company announced a bankruptcy ratified by court decision and it has been managed by the company’s trustee since February 2014.
Sources
12 January 2015: Bankier
31 January 2015: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2015), FagorMastercook, Bankruptcy in Poland, factsheet number 78301, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/78301.